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Item Restricted Meteor trails track upper atmospheric winds(American Institute of Physics, 2009-06-01) Wilson, MarkMeers Oppenheim and his colleagues from Boston University, Peru's Jicamarca Radio Observatory (JRO), and Los Alamos National Laboratory now offer an alternative approach that has its origins in another 50-year-old technique. Free electrons produced in the plasma trails of incoming meteors make an ideal radar target. They also work well as wind tracers.